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How to set the Change Tracking via the DCF ?

  • July 22, 2015
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Hi,

I have created a dcf file for Arbortext Editor. How do I turn on the Change Tracking using the dcf file ?

Kind Regards

Ashona@

    Best answer by ClayHelberg

    Hi Ashona--

    Change tracking is not managed by the DCF. It is a characteristic of the session, rather than a document type.

    You can control it via ACL, using set changetracking=on, or the user can switch it on and off dynamically from the Tools menu.

    If you want it to be turned on by default when users open a document, you could put an ACL file in your custom/editinit folder that includes the set changetracking=on command.

    --Clay

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    ClayHelberg18-OpalAnswer
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    July 22, 2015

    Hi Ashona--

    Change tracking is not managed by the DCF. It is a characteristic of the session, rather than a document type.

    You can control it via ACL, using set changetracking=on, or the user can switch it on and off dynamically from the Tools menu.

    If you want it to be turned on by default when users open a document, you could put an ACL file in your custom/editinit folder that includes the set changetracking=on command.

    --Clay

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    bfriesen18-Opal
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    July 23, 2015

    Hi Clay, I have added the acl to the editinit folder, now when you open a topic and close it with out making any changes it asks to save.Is this normal? Also is there a way to have the track changes bar show up at the top of the screen?

    Thanks

    Bryon

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    ClayHelberg18-Opal
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    July 23, 2015

    Hi Bryon--

    Yes, because the change tracking metadata is stored in the document, including whether CT is turned on for that document or not. (This is done via namespaced markup, which you can see if you open the file in a text editor after saving this way.)

    If you want it to behave more naturally, so that the CT metadata doesn't trigger the "dirty" bit on the document that causes it to prompt for save when you close it, you could add a line to your editinit to clear the modified flag immediately after enabling CT. So your ACL file would look something like this:

    set changetracking=on;

    modified(0,0); # first zero means "current doc", second zero means "mark as not modified"

    Now, if no further changes are made, you shouldn't get prompted to save. But if other changes are made, they will flip the modified flag back on, and you'll get prompted as usual.

    I'm not sure what you mean by "the track changes bar". If you mean you want to dock the Accept/Reject changes dialog to the top of the edit window, you can probably do that with some ACL code. Try something like this in your editinit:

    require _chgtrk;

    $ct_win = _chgtrk::OpenDialog();

    $ct_doc = _xmldlg::getWindowDoc($_chgtrk::ct_win);

    oid_modify_attr(oid_root($ct_doc),"dock","top");

    There may be complications with this approach if you have multiple documents open at the same time--I haven't tried that so I don't know for sure.

    --Clay

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    TimPhelps12-Amethyst
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    July 30, 2015

    Ashona,

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    akrithalllal1-VisitorAuthor
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    July 30, 2015

    Hi Clay,

    Thanks so much, this works perfectly.

    Kind Regards

    Ashona

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